Talal Asad
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Talal Asad (born 1932) is a Saudi-born cultural anthropologist who is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His prolific body of work mainly focuses on religiosity, Middle Eastern studies, postcolonialism, and notions of power, law and discipline. He is also known for his writing calling for an anthropology of secularism. His work has had a significant influence beyond his home discipline of anthropology. As Donovan Schaefer writes:
The gravitational field of Asad’s influence has emanated far from his home discipline and reshaped the landscape of other humanistic disciplines around him.[9]
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Born | April 1932 (age 92) Medina, Saudi Arabia |
Citizenship | Saudi Arabian (formerly)[1]: 55–60 Pakistani[1] British[1] |
Spouse | Tanya Asad[2] |
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Thesis | The Kababish[3] (1968) |
Doctoral advisor | E. E. Evans-Pritchard |
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Discipline | Anthropology |
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Notable works | Formations of the Secular (2003) |
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